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Advice from Strangers
This week's guest: Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig
Dear Bud:
My boyfriend wants to take me to meet his folks in California, which is OK
except we'd be driving from Michigan, which will take a few days and my
folks don't know we're sleeping together yet. Dad has
threatened to cut off my tuition money if I start having sex before I
graduate!
Desperate in Detroit
Desperate in Detroit
Dear Desperate:
Let's see - you're fucking one party, lying to the other and
pretending to be completely honest and well-intentioned because there's
money in it for you? And you're counting on people's gullibility to keep
your charade going? Sorry, I just can't identify with this situation. I'd
suggest you either come clean with your parents, marry your boyfriend or
drop out of school. Goodness knows, that's what I'd do.
Bud
Dear Bud:
My buddies and I have gotten into a tricky little conflict. See, this one
set of bad guys - let's call them Evildoers #1 - damaged some property, and
we strongly suspect another bad guy - Evildoer #2 - to have had a hand in
it, but we can't prove anything. We'd like to simply
send some of our people to explain things to Evildoer #2, but our
associates don't support this idea, because it will stir things up in their
neighborhood. Stepping back at this point will make us look foolish.
You've had a lot of experience in tricky situations. What would you do here?
Bushed in Texas
Dear Bushed,
That is a tough one. I can't see that pursuing this thing to a definitive
conclusion would be worth the trouble, once you get your hurt feelings out
of the way. I'd just call it a tie, and go home. Sure, you'll take a little
flack, but we don't want people getting hurt out there, do we?
Let me know how it goes.
Bud
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(Transcribed by Joseph Moore)
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